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RSS thus in newsUbuntu comes to netbooks with chip deal
News The netbooks that have gone on sale thus far have carried either Windows or Linux operating systems. Canonical has announced it is to develop a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM's... [17 Nov 2008]
Stormy markets freeze C&W demerger
News It increased guidance for the Europe, Asia & US (EAU) division, formerly known as the UK division, to at least £325m following the acquisition of Thus and improved trading at the existing business. Cable & Wireless (C&W)... [10 Nov 2008]
Broadband speeds going down toilet without fibre
News Ensuring interoperability by establishing a single standard all technologies adhere to is thus going to be critical, added Clive Carter, principal, strategy and market developments at Ofcom. The UK needs to get its act... [06 Nov 2008]
CFOs to be bossing CIOs by 2013
News Gartner says a strong CIO-CFO team can boost business value in a variety of ways - for instance, having the CFO's ear could give a CIO more boardroom influence and thus help encourage the exec team to consider more... [10 Oct 2008]
HP to cut 3,000 UK EDS jobs
News The job cuts, which are the biggest thus far in UK IT jobs during the current economic turmoil, are part of a worldwide cutback that will see HP lose some 9,300 staff in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. [09 Oct 2008]
'BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's idea': RIM co-CEO
News Thus RIM's baby steps into the emerging mass market for consumer smart phones were in danger of being totally eclipsed by iPhone mania. After months of rumours percolating through the blogosphere, RIM has finally shown... [08 Oct 2008]
Chrome future, vintage PCs and credit crunch IT
News Not just any shipwrecks, mind - these are virtual shipwrecks, digitally mapped so they can be recreated (and thus 'explored') long after the real wrecks have become dust in the bellies of a thousand sea worms. [03 Oct 2008]
C&W takes control of Thus
News Telco Cable & Wireless has announced it has taken effective control of Glasgow-based telecoms provider Thus, after its 180-pence-per-share offer for the company was declared unconditional. The board of C&W yesterday... [02 Oct 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Also included was the recommendation for ISPs to be forced to make their traffic-management policies clear to their customers, thus spurring them on to upgrade their networks in order to compete with one another. [12 Sep 2008]
Carphone Warehouse does workforce management
News Mendes said: "We expect the system to improve payroll runs and decrease payroll inflation, as well as increase productivity, which will increase sales and thus improve gross margin. Carphone Warehouse has started the... [13 Aug 2008]
Free wi-fi for Scottish market town
News The technology is being brought to Jedburgh, 10 miles from the English border between Newcastle and Edinburgh, by Thus. A small market town in the Scottish Borders is to offer free wi-fi across the whole of its town centre. [13 Aug 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks: In the "off-again" phase
News With lower query volume, it attracts fewer advertisers and thus gets less revenue per query. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo! are firmly in the "off-again" phase. [25 Jul 2008]
Microsoft launches into virtualisation
News Hypervisors add a performance penalty to operations, since they add another software layer to the operating system and thus slow all operations down, added Lock. Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is... [27 Jun 2008]
Nokia: Open source needs a lesson in business
News Nokia's primary play in the open-source sphere thus far has been Maemo, the Linux-based operating system that runs on its N800-series tablet devices. Open-source developers targeting the mobile space need to learn... [12 Jun 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News This is the most significant WiMax-related deal to be struck in the developed world, as the technology has thus far proved most useful in countries where wired infrastructure is scarce, making it sensible and... [09 May 2008]
